Word of the Day - Clickbait

[debodun]

Clickbait (noun) - something (such as a headline) designed to make readers want to click on a hyperlink especially when the link leads to content of dubious value or interest.

As with most clickbait, the focus was on traffic and advertising.

 

[horseless carriage]

Clickbait is one of those self explanatory words. Curious I looked into it and found a good post on some forum or other:
"I think it would be challenging to draw an exact line in the sand of when something becomes truly clickbait. Is PewdiePie saying “Will Smith hosts meme review” clickbait (Elon Musk hosted the episode). What would qualify as an exaggeration vs out and out click bait? It would be tough to train an algorithm to decide what qualifies as clickbait and it would be insanely difficult to have employees look over every video."
Training an algorithm just cracked me up, it conjured up a circus ring.

 

[VintageBetter]

You will know you’re seeing clickbait if the ad or headline says,
“She/he did ___________ and you won't believe what happened next…."

I’m looking at YOU, CNN. You write crap like this on your “news” website. Shame, shame on you! May the Ghost of Edward R. Murrow haunt you!

 

[Don M.]

The number of "news" sites that require turning off my Adblocker seems to be increasing. If I do turn it off, the "so called news" site is just flooded with nonsense and ads.

 

[Remy]

So much clickbait out there. The page that loads as my home page is all clickbait. I used to click on some things, but it's wasteful and I ignore now.

 

[LoveTulips]

I really did not know what clickbait was until I looked it up its definition. Now, I know when I use YouTube what that means when a YouTuber advertises no click bait.